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Certified Letter of Recommendation Translation
eVerbary translates your letter of recommendation into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
$24.95/page
Flat rate per page, no word cap. No hidden fees.
Acceptance guaranteed
Accepted by USCIS, the NVC, courts, DMVs and other government agencies, universities and schools, credential evaluators such as WES and ECE, and employers in the United States, or your money back. See terms.
24-hour delivery
Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
A letter is evidence about its author too
An admissions committee reading a recommendation is weighing who wrote it as much as what it says. That means the parts people treat as decoration — the letterhead, the writer's title and department, the institutional stamp, the date, the contact details in the signature block — are exactly the parts that have to come through. A translation of the prose alone throws away half of what the letter is for.
The same applies to reference letters for employment and to character references filed with courts and immigration petitions.
Translated faithfully, including the restraint
Academic recommendations are written to the conventions of the country they come from, and those conventions differ. Some traditions are formal and measured where an American reader expects enthusiasm; a letter that reads as reserved in English may be emphatic praise in its own idiom.
A translator's job is to render what was written, not to warm it up. We translate the letter as it stands, and where a phrase is a fixed formula rather than a personal judgement, we render it as the formula it is. Inflating a recommendation would misrepresent its author, who is the one person in the file who never agreed to any of this.
When it needs to be certified
Universities that require certified translations usually require them for everything in the file that is not in English, letters included. The certification attests that the translation is accurate — it says nothing about the letter's contents and makes no claim about the writer.
Letters are short, so this is normally a same-day job at $24.95 per page with no word cap.
How it works
Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.
A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.
Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.
Certified vs. standard translation
A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.
A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.
Frequently asked questions
Do you translate the letterhead and the signature block?
Yes. The writer's title, department, stamp and contact details are part of what makes the letter credible.
Can you make my recommendation sound stronger in English?
No. We translate what the author wrote. Rewriting it would misrepresent them, and committees compare letters against each other.
Does a recommendation letter need certification?
If the institution requires certified translations of foreign-language documents, then yes, letters included. Check the application instructions.
Is acceptance by universities, colleges and schools guaranteed?
Yes. Our certified translations are guaranteed to be accepted by universities, colleges and schools in the United States — and by USCIS, the NVC, courts, government agencies and employers — or your money back. The guarantee covers the translation itself, not the original document or the admission decision, and it covers credential evaluation agencies such as WES and ECE as well. Full terms are in our refund policy.
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Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.